Arsbeck

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Arsbeck
City of Wegberg
Old coat of arms of Arsbeck
Coordinates: 51 ° 8 ′ 37 "  N , 6 ° 12 ′ 42"  E
Height : 75 m
Residents : 2464  (June 30, 2012)
Incorporation : January 1, 1972
Postal code : 41844
Area code : 02436
Parish church in Arsbeck
Arsbeck water tower
House in Arsbeck
Tranchot card

Arsbeck is a district of the Mittelstadt Wegberg in the district of Heinsberg in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia .

geography

Waters

location

Arsbeck is located west of Wegberg on the B 221 and the state road 367. Until 2010, the federal road ran through the middle of Arsbeck and was heavily used by heavy traffic. After many years of planning, the federal road was relocated to the east of the town in 2010.

The community of Niederkrüchten and the district of Viersen begin in the north, Klinkum is in the east, the hamlet of Petersholz and the housing estate of the British Army near Wildenrath in the south, Rödgen in the west and Dalheim in the north-west ( Dalheim-Rödgen ). Büch is located between Arsbeck and the last two villages. The development between Arsbeck and Büch merges seamlessly into one another.

Arsbeck is surrounded by forest areas. In the north lies the Merbeck Forest, in the east the Wegberger Busch near Klinkum, in the south the Wildenrath Forest, which extends to Dalheim in the west. A railway line runs past Arsbeck and Büch in the north. The train stop is in Büch.

Neighboring places

Dalheim Niederkrüchten Merbeck
Rödgen Neighboring communities Wegberg
Wildenrath Petersholz Clinic

history

Through grave, coin and other finds it can be established today that the area of ​​the place was already settled in Roman and pre-Roman times.

Due to individual finds (which, however, are not proven by the local history researchers) the following ancient ways are now deduced:

  • the way from the direction of Oberkrüchten past the Dalheimer Mühle to Schaufenberg - Birgelen - Wassenberg
  • the Effelder Weg, which branched off from the above-mentioned route at the Dalheimer Mühle and continues straight on to Effeld
  • the Heider Strasse, which still exists in Arsbeck today. It was discovered by J. Scheider. After him the course of the road would be: Venlo - Brüggen - Niederkrüchten via Arsbeck - Golkrath - Doveren - Jülich .
  • a Roman military road from the Roman fort near Neuss to the Mederiacum fort in Melick an der Rur , which led from Neuss via Mülfort - Rheindahlen - Beeck - Bischofshütte past the Helpensteinweiher to Rosenthal and Vlodrop.

It is often assumed that Arsbeck was an important stopover on all of these routes in Roman times , for example when changing horses. The name of the place, until 1562 "Orsbeke" is in any case associated with it, because the stem syllable Ors, also Horse or Orse, is a Germanic name for horse and Arsbeck therefore means horse stream. A Roman horse changing station near the brook has never been used, for which hobby historians the assumed, but just as unoccupied, crossing of Roman roads near today's Arsbeck church (“where a small brook came from the valley basin 'Im Winkel' that Horse troughs, which today no longer existed pastorate pond, filled “) is sufficient for evidence.

The demonstrably oldest monument is located in the neo-Gothic Adelgundis Church, the ship of which was used to build over the previous building - namely a font, based on the reliefs in the 12th century.

Arsbeck was mentioned in writing in 965. At that time, the place was owned by independent landlords . However, at that time the place was not called Arsbeck, but "Orsbeck". In order to avoid confusion with the place of the same name on the Rur, the Duke of Jülich changed the name to "Arsbeck" in 1561.

From 1211 the lords of Orsbeck can be proven in writing as feudal lords, and from 1331 the lords of Helpenstein. Around 1358 the rule of the Helpensteiner passed to Johann von Lynepe. His descendants rule over his territory until 1560, after which Wilhelm von Vlodrop takes over the rule, which he has to cede to the Duke of Jülich in 1562.

The Thirty Years' War , which also raged in Arsbeck from 1618 to 1648, also made Arsbeck difficult. Looting and arson followed by epidemics that cost a large part of the population their lives. Under the rule of Louis XIV that followed, the people had to pay high taxes in the form of taxes, which further worsened their economic situation. But it was to get even harder, namely in the French Revolutionary Wars from the 18th to the 19th century.

Until well into the 19th century, Arsbeck was a quiet community, the population of which lived mostly from agriculture. A milestone in Arsbeck's history is certainly the construction of the Mönchengladbach - Roermond - Antwerp railway connection , also known as the Iron Rhine , which opened on February 15, 1879. The railroad created jobs. Both during the construction of the line and the buildings, as well as later for service purposes, a. Arsbecker consulted. During these years one can see a strong population and economic growth. The water tower was built in 1913.

On January 1, 1972, Arsbeck was incorporated into the community of Wegberg.

Moth Aldeberg

Aldeberg in Arsbeck

The "Alde Berg" is a castle complex, typical as a low castle and manor for the high and late Middle Ages . The oldest finds on the Aldeberg speak against traditional, never documented views (all of which go back to the local historian and local chronicler Franz Mayer), for the construction of the castle in the late 12th century. The Alde Berg is one of the largest and best preserved moths between the Meuse and the Rhine. Its builder, a servant and knight of Orsbek (miles de orsbeke), feudal man and later coalitioner of the controversial party of the Archbishop of Cologne in the famous Battle of Worringen , used a promontory protruding into the wetland in the terrain profile and "modeled" it into the still impressive tower hill with its outer bailey and the surrounding ditches (which were always above the flood level).

Immediately after the battle lost for the aforementioned coalition, the knight Stephen left the castle. The important manor, which had special rights (local dispute settlement and jurisdiction, tax exemption, keeping a horse stud), was administered by "half-winners" or " halves " until it was abandoned in the late 14th or early 15th century , the rights continued which led to strange legal situations in the 18th century. The wildness and desolation of the place was the breeding ground for haunted stories (" werewolf ", brownies) in the following centuries - finally, the emergence of an intercession cult (with binding magic customs) is remarkable. In the 19th century, the local priest then ordered the construction of a chapel, which was demolished in the 1970s. The ground monument of the castle complex and the surrounding nature area with the remains of a romanticized villa architecture (early 20th century), which are also listed buildings, form a sensitive ensemble today. A comprehensive protection and development concept is still pending.

Attractions

  • Catholic branch church St. Adelgundis , Endstraße as monument No. 1
  • Wasserturm, Heuchterstraße 9 as monument no. 2. The water tower, built in 1913, was in operation until the early 1980s and is a listed building. It is 27 meters high and its container holds 150 m³ of water.
  • Residential house (Arsbecker Hof), Endstrasse 3 as monument no.6
  • Moth Aldeberg

Infrastructure

traffic

train

Arsbeck train stop

Arsbeck has a stop on the Iron Rhine , which is served by the Schwalm-Nette railway . A reactivation of the route in freight traffic is currently being discussed. The only freight transport worth mentioning at the moment is the transport of rail vehicles to the Wegberg-Wildenrath test center .

Schwalm-Nette railway
line Line course Tact track
RB 34 Schwalm-Nette-Bahn :
Mönchengladbach Hbf  - Rheydt Hbf  - Mönchengladbach-Rheindahlen  - Mönchengladbach-Genhausen  - Wegberg  - Arsbeck  - Dalheim
Status: timetable change December 2015 		60 min 1

bus

Arsbeck is served by the AVV bus route 413.

line Line course
413 ( Wegberg School  Center -) Wegberg Busbf - Klinkum  - Arsbeck  - Dalheim Bf  - Wildenrath  - Wassenberg  ZOB - Orsbeck  - Unterbruch  - Heinsberg Busbf

Facilities

  • primary school
  • Municipal kindergarten
  • Youth home
  • Supermarket

societies

  • St. Adelgundis Schützenbruderschaft Arsbeck e. V.
  • Garden and Beautification Association Arsbeck e. V.
  • Spielmannszug Büch e. V.
  • Drum Corps Arsbeck 1922 e. V.
  • Gymnastics Club Büch-Arsbeck 1911 e. V.
  • VdK local association Arsbeck
  • Grün Weiss Arsbeck tennis club
  • SV Helpenstein 1991 e. V.
  • Wegberg volunteer fire brigade , Arsbeck fire fighting group
  • German Red Cross Local Association Wegberg e. V.
  • Schützenverein Büch e. V.

swell

  • "Heimatfreund", a home magazine for the communities Wildenrath, Arsbeck and Dalheim-Rödgen, as well as Wegberg
  • "Dalheim for Roermonder, attempt by a cultural guide" (German) in: "De luis in de pels", ISBN 978-90-812749-1-3 , published by Stichting Ruimte, Roermond 2008
  • "Motte AldeBerg - a castle in the 13th century" Illustrative representation with many explanations, Ed. Schulz, Dalheim 2013
  • Wegberg cultural guide

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality directory for the Federal Republic of Germany. Name, border and key number changes in municipalities, counties and administrative districts from May 27, 1970 to December 31, 1982 . W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 307 .

Web links

Commons : Arsbeck  - collection of images, videos and audio files